Bernard Everett BARDWELL

BARDWELL, Bernard Everett

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 1 December 1900
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 September 1881
Home Town: Broome, Broome, Western Australia
Schooling: Caulfield Grammar & East Malvern Grammar Schools, Victoria
Occupation: Agent & Pearler
Died: Illness, Broome, Western Australia, 20 August 1955, aged 73 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour
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Boer War Service

1 Dec 1900: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 6 Mounted Infantry Contingent

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
5 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
17 Jul 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bernard Everett BARDWELL was born in Emerald Hill, Victoria on 2nd September, 1881

His parents were Everett Henry BARDWELL & Fanny PECK

He married Kathleen Sefton Hogan TAYLOR in 1902 in Broome, Western Australia

He served in both the Boer War and WW1 and returned to Australia on 4th May, 1917 and was discharged on 17th July, 1917

Bernard died in Broome WA on 20th August, 1955 and is buried in the Broome Pioneer Cemetery

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Further details for Boer War

Awarded Queens South Africa Medal with 3 clasps

1. 2nd Lieutenant with 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry on 1st December, 1900

2. Lieutenant with 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry on 8th March, 1901

3. Lieutenant (R O D) on 10th December, 1904

 

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